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December 16, 2022
Healthy soil critical to human health and for achieving SDGs
Soil research must focus both on technology development and implementation
The ability of soils to support soil functions or services is decreasing (Image: Katrin Park/International Food Policy Research Institute)
November 25, 2022
Categorising watersheds for freshwater ecosystem conservation in India
These maps at the watershed scales have been made to not only ensure inclusion of different freshwater ecosystems, their connectivity and hydrological processes, but can also provide a spatial context for conservation decisions.
A stream at Anini, Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source: Roshni Arora)
November 16, 2022
Improving community resilience in ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction in India
Adoption of hybrid solutions - grey and green structures appropriate for resilience building
Healthy wetland ecosystems help in reducing disaster risks and managing climate risks (Image: Pxhere)
October 30, 2022
Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam
This book by Dr. Mitul Baruah presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense socio-environmental transformations over the years, processes that are emblematic of the Brahmaputra Valley as a whole. This is an excerpt from the book.
Floods are recurrent phenomena in Assam (Image: Mitul Baruah)
October 6, 2022
Deteriorating landscapes and threatened ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir
Rapid urbanisation and faulty land use policies are rapidly destroying forests, grasslands and wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir, India and the ecosystem value services they provide. Can these valuable ecosystems be saved?
Deteriorating ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Image Source: tkohli at Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
The lake and the well, part of a water master plan - Article by S. Vishwanath about Jakkur Lake in Bangalore
Multiple sourcing of water is now a necessity. This video describes Jakkur Lake which has been converted into a beautiful and bio-diverse wetland.
Vishwanath Srikantaiah
Posted on 28 Jun, 2011 05:41 PM

Author: S. Vishwanath
Video courtesy: Zenrainman

When a city adds nearly 3 million people in a span of a decade ensuring water supply to its citizens seems a huge challenge. One critical thing to realize is that the mind-set of ‘providing’ water has to change and become one of ensuring that citizens can access water of requisite quality.

Release of the latest issue of The Hindu's annual publication - Survey of Indian Agriculture 2010
The theme of this year's issue is "Need for disaster preparedness in agriculture". There will be a special focus on rural deprivation in India's countryside.
The Hindu
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 12:41 PM


Need for disaster preparedness in agricultureThe survey aims to cover major crops and suggestions to farmers on how to take preventive steps to avoid yield loss. There will also be a special article on improvement in living conditions of the rural people.

Contents

Section-1

Overview:
Enhancing the disaster resilience of agriculture
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan

Drought:
Preparedness to face drought challenges
Dr. V. Rajagopal

Online survey by NEERI in cooperation with University of Liverpool on the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India and the UK
Online survey by NEERI in cooperation with University of Liverpool on the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India and the UK
NEERI
Posted on 27 Jun, 2011 11:52 AM

National Environment Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) in association with University of Liverpool (UK) is conducting online survey on the functioning of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in India and the UK. The purpose of the survey is to reflect on the experiences of professionals with EIA in the past and also to look ahead to the future role of EIA.

The first three parts of the survey is based on what your experiences of EIA are while the fourth part relates to what EIA should be like. The survey is anonymous and completing it will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes of your time. Please note the ‘save’ option in the survey does not actually let you save and come back to the survey later.

An Indian perspective on the conservation and management of lakes – A report by Ministry of Environment and Forests
This publication on the conservation and management of India’s lakes and wetlands, is a follow-up of the 12th World Lake Conference. The importance of this publication also stems from how valuable our lakes and wetlands are to our ecosystems.
Brij Gopal
M Sengupta
National River Conservation Directorate (Ministry of Environment and Forests)
R Dalwani
S K Srivastava
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 10:43 PM

Lake

 This publication will serve to be useful reference material for policymakers, implementing agencies, environmentalists and those who enjoy the beauty and diversity of India’s water bodies.

Lakes are not only a source of water and livelihood for many of our populations, but they also support a large proportion of our biodiversity. The wetlands, shallower peripheral areas of large lakes, provide breeding and nesting grounds to huge population of birds, many of which migrate to India from as far north as Siberia.

Mining havoc: Impact of mining on water resources in Goa - Article from Dams, Rivers and People
Goa's valiant fighter against illegal mines, Ramesh Gauns shares the horrifying impacts of mines on rivers, groundwater and streams in Goa.
Ramesh Gauns
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 02:02 PM

 

Pumping of water from Cavrem Sheikh Salim mine, severely lowering groundwater table in the village. Image courtesy: Sebastian Rodriguez, Mand GoaPumping of water from Cavrem Sheikh Salim mine, severely lowering groundwater table in the village
Image courtesy: Sebastian Rodriguez, Mand Goa

Taking steps toward marine and coastal ecosystem based management: An introductory guide by UNEP
This guide by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks to assist countries and communities to take steps towards making marine and coastal ecosystem-based management operational, from strategic planning to on-site implementation.
John Davis
Kristin Sherwood
Ole Vestergaard
Tundi Agardy
Posted on 25 Jun, 2011 09:28 AM

 An important aim of this guide is to facilitate the implementation of UNEP’s overarching Ecosystem Management Programme and new Marine and Coastal Strategy in countries and regions in line with its Medium Term Strategy 2010-13.

Assessment study of impact and sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar – A report by CMS Environment
This report by CMS Environment presents an assessment study of impact and sustainability of Nirmal Gram Puraskar (NGP).
CMS Environment
Posted on 24 Jun, 2011 11:02 PM

NGP was initiated in Oct 2003 to encourage Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs), block and districts to take up sanitation promotion, a post achievement, award-cum-fiscal incentive scheme. The eligibility criteria for the PRIs to receive NGP include: Gram Panchayats, Blocks and Districts, which achieve 100 per cent sanitation coverage in terms of: (1) 100 per cent sanitation coverage of individual households (2) 100 per cent school and anganwadis sanitation coverage (3) Free from open defecation and (4) Clean environment maintenance (liquid and solid waste management).

"Pocketful of forests" - Legal debates around compensation and valuation of forest loss in India - A new publication by Kalpavriksh (2011)
This book is valuable for those interested in matters of forest conservation and forest governance
Kanchi Kohli
Manju Menon
Vikal Samdariya. Sreetama Guptabhaya
Posted on 23 Jun, 2011 02:15 PM


Pocketful of forests

Desh bachao - Desh banao' – Public convention to save democracy, National Alliance of People's Movements, June 27, 2011, New Delhi
Posted on 22 Jun, 2011 01:55 PM

National Alliance of People's MovementsOrganizer: National Alliance of People's Movements

Venue: Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi

Description:

This public convention is an attempt to once again allow all of us to join the dots that link our struggles against deeply entrenched structures of oppression and corruption in our society with a view towards total revolution.

Workshop on 'Sustainable environment, media and youth', Centre for Media Studies, June 23, 2011, Hyderabad
Posted on 22 Jun, 2011 01:26 PM

Centre for Media Studies and Forum for Better HyderabadOrganizers:

  • Centre for Media Studies (CMS)
  • Forum for Better Hyderabad

Venue: Hyderabad Press Club, Somajiguda, Hyderabad

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